The following statement was issued by the NRE in response to the recent decision by Nanaimo City Council. Nanaimo Recycling Exchange Board of Directors and Executive Director Jan Hastings thank everyone involved with the efforts to bring the NRE Zero Waste vision forward to the City of Nanaimo. In particular, Mayor McKay and Councillor Brennan […]
You may have already heard the bad news. On Monday July 9th, during an in-camera session, Nanaimo City Council voted “not to provide an annual operating grant to the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange (NRE) to cover the debt servicing of a mortgage for the construction of a new facility as well as interim funding for one […]
We are happy to be able to share with you the full text of the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange business plan that will be presented to city council on June 11th. If you want the NRE’s plan for a one-stop drop zero waste recycling centre to become a reality, please plan to attend the council meeting […]
The following information was provided by the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange to share with the community. This is a summary of key parts of the NRE business plan that will be presented to city council on June 11th. The full business plan will be posted on this website and the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange website once it […]
On Wednesday May 30th, the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange hosted the second of two public engagement sessions to solicit feedback from the community on their business plan. Thank you to everyone who came out to these sessions, your input was invaluable to finishing the business plan and preparing for the presentation to city council on Monday […]
The buildings may be gone, the lot may be cleared and leveled, but the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange is still kicking! We have an update from the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange Society: “Since closure, the NRE Board, Executive Director and community consultants have been working diligently to compile a business plan for construction of new zero waste […]
On Wednesday March 21st the gates of the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange did not open as usual. The NRE is closed. Whether or not this closure is permanent still remains to be seen. Read more about the closure and the NRE’s next steps in the Nanaimo News Bulletin.
Mark your calendars! Monday March 12th is a very important date for the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange. Representatives from the NRE will make a crucial funding request to the City of Nanaimo. As we reported previously the Regional District of Nanaimo board of directors has voted to provide $300,000 a year for five years to the […]
On February 18th we published a statement about the NRE funding proposal passed by the Regional District of Nanaimo Board of Directors. We sincerely apologize for publishing inaccurate information regarding conditions placed on that funding. We thought we understood the details of the proposal but we were wrong. Sometimes being wrong is a good thing. […]
Have you heard of the Vancouver Island Recycling & Waste Industry Coalition, otherwise known as VIRWIC? VIRWIC’s website states, “We are small business owners of independently owned recycling and waste companies on Vancouver Island.” That may describe a few of their members, but quick perusal of their website reveals that four of VIRWIC’s twelve members […]